Since I bought my R* 2 years ago with 3,100 miles on it, I've gone to a universal K&N filter, a set of Santee tapered tip mufflered pipes, and rejetted the carb. I installed a Dyna 3000, set the advance to 34 degrees before, and replaced the 33 tooth front pulley with a Barons 31 tooth. Then I put a SpeedoHealer in to recalibrate the speedo/odd.

I didn't really know if it had resulted in much of a performance gain or not. I could feel some difference.

My good friend bought an '02 R* a week after I got mine (because he liked mine so much! ), and on Sunday we engaged in 2 illegal "contests of acceleration" on US Rt 1 where we live in MA. His remains box stock.

I absolutely smoked him both times. The first time, he had a bit of a head start, but I caught and passed him well within the first eighth of a mile. The second time, we started together, and I just walked away from him... and he readily admitted mine was considerably quicker.

And gas mileage? We took a 200 mile trip up to and around the huge Quabbin Resevoir in MA and his uncalibrated odo gave him a 44 mpg number... I took on 3.654 gals for a SpeedoHealer corrected 194 miles, and got 53 mpg!!!

Do I love my *? Oh yeh!!!